council gave approval to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 by the year 2016. local workers rallied to push for the bill today. earlier this year, the mayor vetoed another minimum wage hike after walmart threatened to keep the stores out of d.c. the council is expected to give final approval. >> for restaurant workers, for all low wage workers in the city, is the difference between potentially be evicted or having to choose between am i going to buy food or pay the light bill? >> the preliminary approval was unanimous. one more vote will be needed to make it a done deal before it goes to the mayor's desk. >> one day after announcing his re-election bid, d.c. mayor gray touted the economic successes since he became mayor. during the news conference, things got heated. the mayor got angry when reportered questioned him about his record and the 2010 mayoral run that is under investigation. we'll have more in a live report at 5:00. >>> in northern virginia right now, water main breaks are starting to tear up the roads, especially in parts of arlington. south arling